Ano ang totoong ibig sabihin ng “not earlier than November 15” sa Year End Bonus ng Government Employees?

Ayun sa guidelines, ang year end bonus at cash gift ng government employees ay pwedeng bayaran o ibigay “not earlier than November 15” ng kasalukuyang taon.

While for some employees the phrase is easy to understand, some government employees are still confused what the phrase mean. Does the “not earlier than November 15” mean November 16 and beyond, which means the year end bonus should be paid on November 16 or days after that? Or, it means something else?

For this reason, we sought the explanation of our colleagues in public finance to explain the phrase and can be found in this forum.

Some of their explanations are presented below.

Question:

Ano ang ibig sabihin ng “not earlier than November 15”?

[It means] November 15 and onwards [is the release of year end bonus and cash gift]

20+ comments

[It means] not before November 15.

@amuza

[Ibig sabihin] pwede na sa November 15 [i-release ang year end bonus at cash gift]

@apetalcorin

November 14, 13, 12 down is earlier than November 15.

@jprades

[It means] starting November 15 [or succeeding days] onwards [pwede na i-release ang year end bonus at cash gift].

@sibañez

[It means] on or after November 15 [pwede na bayaran ang year end bonus]

@avillarante

Pwede November 15 huwag lang November 14 pababa.

@mesber

Ang lahat ng comments na nasa itaas, nasabi man ng magkakaibang paraan, ay iisa ang ibig sabihin: ang year end bonus ay pwede bayaran simula November at succeeding days after that. Hindi ito pwedeng bayaran ng mas maaga sa November 15 (i.e., November 14 or earlier).

But wait, DBM has updated this policy through Budget Circular No. 2024-03

Government Employees may Receive their Year End Bonus and Cash Gift earlier than November 15